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If you love #linux but don't know the #mpv mediaplayer yet, i highly recommend this! Not because it is visually "plain", but because it is highly configurable and real easy to achieve important functions and workflows that other #mediaplayers like #vlc or #kodi just won't. Today i added a "trash file and skip to next" function , triggered by a simple key press while playing back. See for details:
https://awerner.myhome-server.de/doku.php?id=it-artikel:linux:mpv:mpv-workflow-trash-and-skip-key-binding

Improve your MPV experience by adding a trash-and-skip key binding workflow [Axel Werner's OPEN SOURCE Knowledge Base]

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Jakob Nielsen Dec 12

6/* Another cool feature is that you can change the size and placement of blu-ray (PGS) subtitles. I have never seen that before and I didn't even know it was possible.
#Hjemmebio #MediaPlayers #Zidoo

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Jakob Nielsen Dec 12

5/* That dolby VS-10 engine is remarkably good at converting non-HDR content to HDR well mastered blu-rays look almost like 4k-HDR when played by the Zidoo.
#Hjemmebio #MediaPlayers #Zidoo

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Jakob Nielsen Dec 12

4/* and then there is the video quality. It has all the video setting options you could ever need. And a few that you will probably never need. It has Dolby VS-10 engine so it can convert Dolby Vision content for TVs that don't have dolby vision and the other way around really well. I watched Dune part 1 yesterday and it looked better than it does on AppleTV, Shield, or my cheap-ish Panasonic 4k player.
#Hjemmebio #MediaPlayers #Zidoo

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Jakob Nielsen Dec 12

3/* It can play complete blu-ray, dvd, and 4k blu-ray rips (iso files) correctly with menus, animation, seamless branching, and everything. The tools for managing the collection are easy to use. And if you adhere to its file naming conventions you get some really cool options. The interface is nice, works well, and is not overly flashy.
#Hjemmebio #MediaPlayers #Zidoo

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Jakob Nielsen Dec 12

2/* The problem is that the only streaming box that has audio passthrough of both dolby atmos and DTS-X is Nvidia ShieldTV and it is quite old and not very stable to use with modern content. So instead of having one box that does all but not well. I'll one box that does streaming well (appletv) and another box that does local media well. And it does local media very well!

It connects to all the major media servers (emby, Plex, Jellyfin, etc) with its native player and it has its own poster wall media app that works quite well.
#Hjemmebio #MediaPlayers #Zidoo

Jakob Nielsen Dec 12

I upgraded my #HomeCinema setup with a Zidoo Z9X 8k mediaplayer. It is a nice piece of tech that does one thing really well. It plays media files (movies,tv-shows) that the user have on a mediaserver, NAS og just plugged in to the side of the box. It runs android but that is a technicality, because there is no acces the the google play store. You can install a firmware upgrade that enables play store but you won't use it much anyway because, aside from youtube, none of the major video streaming services support it. 1/*
#Hjemmebio #MediaPlayers #Zidoo

Inautilo Jul 28, 2025

#Development #Guidelines
Keyboard traps impact web accessibility · How to identify and prevent major website issues https://ilo.im/165n46

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#Accessibility #Keyboard #Navigation #UiControls #MediaPlayers #Forms #Links #Website #WebDev #Frontend

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Sophie Jul 25, 2025

OK why can't #mediaplayers get volume normalization right?

Long ago, when I was still using Windows, #MediaMonkey and #MusicBee did that fantastic.

Current mediaplayer that I use: not so much.

Which mediaplayer do you recommend, for MacOS?

#music #media

OMG! Ubuntu!May 9, 2025

GNOME Replaces Totem Video Player with Showtime

Roll credits on Totem, roll camera on Showtime — GNOME developers have cast a new video player for a staring role in GNOME 49, out in September. Per an upstream change now merged, the aged GTK3 video player Totem has been replaced by newer, fresher and modern GTK4/libadwaita app Showtime in the GNOME Core Apps lineup. Like its predecessor Totem, Showtime’s user-facing name in GNOME 49 will morph into the generic moniker of Video Player (though I’d wager most of us will still call it by its codename, the same way we refer to Files as Nautilus). Showtime may be new in GNOME’s Core
#News #Gnome #Gnome49 #MediaPlayers #Showtime